October 12, 2009 : AARP Bulletin Today
Everything on One Floor

Janis and Chris Mullsteff sold a house they had lived in for 42 years in June for an EasyLiving Home where they can eat, sleep and relax, all on the same floor. Janis, 73, a retired registered nurse, has arthritis and back problems. She uses a walker or a cane to get around her house. She rarely went upstairs in her old house. She has no need to go to the second floor in her new home...
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December 2008 : ODCNSCIA Newsletter, page 15
Stephen Thomas Homes: New Easy Living house featured on the Home Builder’s Association of Richmond’s 2008 Parade of Homes

For many of those of us living with spinal cord injuries in central Virginia, searching foran accessible home can be an exercise in frustration. The term “beauty is only skindeep” comes to mind. Those houses which look attractive from the curb, more often than not offer very little in the way of accessibility features on the inside...... Click here to read entire article or [Download the PDF here]

November 2008: Virginia Builder Magazine
Stephen Thomas Homes: Universal Design abounds EasyLiving sets up shop in the Commonwealth

The Home Builders Association of Virginia believes no one should be forced to leave their home because of a physical disability. But traditional housing stock, with its stepped entrances and narrow doorways, wasn’t designed with people who are aging or disabled in mind. So the association of home builders is doing something about it..... Click here to read entire article or [Download the PDF here]

October 2008: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Universal access is main idea behind builder's design of Parade of Homes entry

Builder Stephen Thomas can't help but smile when he shows off the drive through garage in his 2008 Parade of Homes entry in the Mountain Run development. The unusual concept allows a driver to pull into the garage, which borders the home's circular driveway, and pull out onto the driveway without ever backing up....... Click here to read entire article or [Download the PDF here]

June 2008: Voices and Visions
It’s Official! Virginia Has Its First EasyLiving Home!

For nearly a year, Voices & Visions has tracked the progress of bringing the EasyLiving Home program to the Commonwealth. Since our last update, two important goals have been achieved. Over the winter....... Click here to read entire article or [Download the PDF here]

May 2008: EasyLivingHome.org
New EasyLivingHome Affiliates – VA and TN

The state of Virginia officially became an EasyLivingHome® affiliate on February 20, 2008, and started their program off with a bang by showcasing their first certified ....... Click here to read entire article or [Visit EasyLivingHom.org]

March 2008: ODCNSCIA Newsletter
Stephen Thomas Homes – EasyLiving Homes

According to Stephen Thomas”Building new homes and renovating existing homes is more exciting – and challenging – than ever”. Life happens to everyone. We see our parents aging. We ourselves age. We may personally suffer an injury and temporarily lose our own mobility, wondering how in the world we will ever be able to even get into our own home until we heal....... Click here to read entire article or [Download the PDF here]

March 2008: Richmond Times Dispatch
Easier Access Tour home aids those in wheelchairs

The living is easier in a new house in the Spring Lake subdivision going up in northern Henrico County. The home, at 2332 Thomas Kenney Drive, is easy to enter and navigate for people in wheelchairs or with limited mobility. The house is the first in Virginia ....... Click here to read entire article or [Download the PDF here]